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AP Mode and Bridging
Fun question I hope for some of you wireless experts out there. I have a Nighthawk 8300 as my main Wireless Router. A while back, I figured out I could use other routers in client/bridge mode and bas...
Xerethor wrote:
I have both an ac2600 Nighthawk bridged wirelessly for my main computer/gaming room, and a Nighthawk ac1750 bridged wirelessly to run my home entertainment PC and gaming systems.
Neither of those labels tells us what you own.
ac2600 and ac1750 are not reliable guides to model number. Many devices come with an AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.
Look at the label on the device for the model number.
Xerethor wrote:
Question, would setting my wireless router in AP mode help stabilize the connections?
AP mode is, by definition, a wired connection to the router. It is almost certainly better than any wireless connection.
Models aren't important for this question. If there's a bug in the setup, I can open a support case with Netgear, give them model numbers, and have them look at that. I'm not convinced that the issue is anything on Netgear's end.
By definition, AP mode is a layer 2 networking connection, instead of the typical layer 3 connection that includes routing and Wifi. The question isn't about that. Client bridge mode acts like a wired connection as well. I'm trying to determing if AP mode will help stabilize client/bridge connections.